tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post3728541639516649701..comments2024-03-18T04:38:01.678-07:00Comments on Dispatch from the Digital Health Frontier: Blog SpammingJohn Halamkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04550236129132159307noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-5286613365217134722009-07-15T03:46:10.922-07:002009-07-15T03:46:10.922-07:00I just want to know if u would know how to reomve ...I just want to know if u would know how to reomve spams from chat box...Anyway... I'm just a primary student in Singapore...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-24627042693954622962009-07-13T16:25:20.656-07:002009-07-13T16:25:20.656-07:00I think your big mistake is that you chose to use ...I think your big mistake is that you chose to use Blogger instead of WordPress. You should move to WordPress and your spam days will be over (for the most part). There's some built in really easy tools to convert to WordPress not to mention a plethora of other reasons to convert.<br /><br />However, since this post is about Spam, WordPress comes with a plugin called Akismet which pretty much takes care of spam so you don't need to moderate it. Every once in a while one or two spam comments will get through, but completely manageable.<br /><br />Ok, enough of my WordPress preaching. Let's just say it's Better!!emr and hipaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00605163751017307036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-86760816852191502802009-07-13T12:57:01.012-07:002009-07-13T12:57:01.012-07:00It's definitely too bad.
We've gone as fa...It's definitely too bad.<br /><br />We've gone as far as removing the ability to comment on our blog. This, because moderating takes so much time and some of the bots have figured out how to by-pass the word verifications.<br /><br />Regardless, enjoy reading your blog so please keep up the good work!Rich Kneecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09925537239614309461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-90623024875488418472009-07-13T08:07:34.935-07:002009-07-13T08:07:34.935-07:00I have been watching out for you, John. ;-)
I love...I have been watching out for you, John. ;-)<br />I love your blog, and spammers make conversation much more difficult!Ahierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13398190978662246852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-51498332349930371532009-07-09T17:44:34.417-07:002009-07-09T17:44:34.417-07:00You may want to check out Disqus which among other...You may want to check out <a href="http://www.disqus.com/" rel="nofollow">Disqus</a> which among other great features has built in spam filtering of comments (like spam filtering on email). It works really well (I use it for my <a href="http://www.altgate.com/" rel="nofollow">blog</a> and I don't get any machine comment spam.Furqan Nazeerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00702713845833785105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-88831660280457554982009-07-09T06:57:40.608-07:002009-07-09T06:57:40.608-07:00John,
Keep up the great work - alas this is the w...John,<br /><br />Keep up the great work - alas this is the world in which we live. I too have a few blogs that I write and I was forced into comment moderation quite a while ago.Frank Breszhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18285368558855076331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-821059929936008952009-07-09T05:52:18.813-07:002009-07-09T05:52:18.813-07:00It would be nice if it were not needed, however, I...It would be nice if it were not needed, however, I will gladly accept it if it does remove annoying spam. Thanks for staying abreast of these developments.GreenLeaveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16159362981477129396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-4714665687568235222009-07-09T04:58:04.263-07:002009-07-09T04:58:04.263-07:00Unfortunately, blog comment protection/filtering/m...Unfortunately, blog comment protection/filtering/moderation is a necessary evil in this day and age. I had one blog that got 400-500 pieces of spam in a couple of hours, all for male enhancement products and fake Rolexes.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03704796474297081654noreply@blogger.com